TEHERAN. Esteghlal and Mes Rafsanjan didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Esteghlal was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Azadi Stadium stadium in Teheran on Friday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Amir Arab Baraghi. The weather was haze. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 47.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 3 Total 4
- 2 On Target 0
- 1 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 94 Attack 83
- 47 Dangerous attack 36
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Esteghlal had a superior ball possession 57% while Mes Rafsanjan was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Esteghlal was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 3 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Esteghlal to win the match.
Esteghlal shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Mes Rafsanjan shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Esteghlal received 1 yellow card (Ricardo Sapinto). Regarding the opposition, Mes Rafsanjan received 1 yellow card (Davoud Noushi Soufiani).
Standings
After playing this contest, Esteghlal will have 27 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Mes Rafsanjan will have 19 points like Aluminium Arak and Tractor Sazi to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Persian Gulf Pro League, Esteghlal will play away with Tractor Sazi on the 5th of January with a 9-9 head to head statistic.
Mes Rafsanjan will host Paykan on the 5th of January with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Mes Rafsanjan (3 draws).
Esteghlal – Formation
Esteghlal
The manager Ricardo Manuel Andrade Silva Sá Pinto decided to play with the following team: Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Raphael da Silva Arruda, Mohammad Hossein Moradmand, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Mohammad Zobeir Niknafas, Mehdi Mehdipour, Arthur Kevin Yamga, Mehdi Ghaedi, Sajjad Shahbazzadeh, Amir Arsalan Motahari and Jafar Salmani.
Substitutions
Esteghlal made 2 changes: Mohammad Hossein Moradmand for Siavash Yazdani (29′) and Amir Arsalan Motahari for Arman Ramezani (81′).
Mes Rafsanjan – Formation
Mes Rafsanjan
Mohammad Rabiei played with: Davoud Noushi Sofiani, Hassan Jafari, Ramtin Soleimanzadeh, Jeferson Silva dos Santos, Shahin Tavakoli, Farshid Bagheri, Mohsen Azarpad, Mehdi Hosseini, Luciano Pereira Mendes, Mehdi Torkmaan and Faraz Emamali.
Substitutions
Mes Rafsanjan made 3 changes: Mohsen Azarbad for Mehrdad Rezaei (75′), Farshid Bagheri for Omid Latifi (81′) and Hassan Jafari for Hossein Karimzadeh (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
- Foolad – Havadar – 0-0
- Esteghlal – Mes Rafsanjan – 0-0
- Zob Ahan – Sanat Naft – 2-2
